MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - 17, 2007 Edition Oregon Writers Publishers Earn Literary Grants Portland, OR/1/11/07—Literary Arts, an Oregon-based nonprofit literary organization, has announced the recipients of the 2006 Oregon Literary Fellowships....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - January 18 , 2007 Edition Breaking News Plethora of New Indy Bookstores Open in 2006 Tarrytown, NY/1/8/2007—American Booksellers Association recently reported that 96 ABA member bookstores opened for business in 2006. The 2006 new...

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Bravo Acquires Emmy-Winning Series Taxicab Confessions NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—Bravo last week announced the acquisition of nine episodes of the Emmy Award-winning docu-drama series Taxicab Confessions in a...

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition 50 Cent and MTV Books to Launch G-Unit Books NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—Following on the heels of his New York Times bestselling autobiography From Pieces to Weight , hip hop heavyweight 50 Cent is expanding his...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition AMS Bankruptcy Filing Affects Book Publishing Unit Too SAN DIEGO, CA/1/2/2007—Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. (AMS) (Pink Sheets: MKTS), a leading provider of customized merchandising, wholesaling and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Half Price Books Opens Internet Remainder Site for Resellers DALLAS, TX 1/2/2007—Wholesalers, booksellers and retailers worldwide will now be able to order remaindered books from a new online source. Half...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Dorchester Beefs Up Thriller Line, Adds Doctor Books NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—Dorchester, the oldest independent mass market publisher in America, and widely known for its romance, horror and Western titles, has...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Thriller Writers Begin New Year With Big Plans NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—The International Thriller Writers’ Association, one of the fastest-growing authors’ organizations in America, ended its second year in 2006...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition James Michener To Be Remembered At Numerous Events NEW YORK, NY/1/3/2007—On February 3, 2007, America’s beloved writer James A. Michener would have turned 100 years old. In recognition of this milestone,...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES December 21- December 28, 2006 Edition J. Boylston Buys Bankrupt iBooks Assets NEW YORK, NY/12/20/06—Boylston & Company has acquired the assets of several companies owned by the late Byron Preiss, who was killed in an auto accident in...